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Telbivudine exerts no antiviral activity against HIV-1 in vitro and in humans.
Antiviral therapy - 1 Jan 2011
van Maarseveen Noortje M, Wensing Annemarie Mj, de Jong Dorien, Beilhartz Greg L, Obikhod Aleksandr, Tao Sijia, Pingen Marieke, Arends Joop E, Hoepelman Andy Im, Schinazi Raymond F, Götte Matthias, Nijhuis Monique
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: HIV-HBV-coinfected individuals who need to be treated only for their HBV infection have limited therapeutic options, since most approved anti-HBV agents have a risk of selecting for drug-resistant HIV mutants. In vivo data are inconclusive as to whether telbivudine (LdT) may exert antiviral effects against HIV. Thus, we investigated in further detail the antiviral activity and the biochemical...
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